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The groundwork for a head-to-head duel between factories is being laid in Brazil, where Nokia Group and Motorola Inc. both are establishing handset manufacturing plants. Brazil has 1.2 million cellular …

A U.S.-owned company is up against competition in its bid for digital dispatch radio spectrum in the United Kingdom, while also facing implementation of the never-deployed TETRA standard. National Band …

L.M. Ericsson announced it will deliver a Global System for Mobile communications network, valued at $77 million, to the Indian cellular operator Birla Communications Ltd. Birla Communications is a joint …

MONTREAL-Ericsson Communications Canada Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent with Group Communication Services Inc. of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, under which Ericsson will provide hardware, software and support …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced Sercomtel has commercially launched digital cellular phone service using Time Division Multiple Access technology in Brazil. The system, which is Brazil’s first digital system, will provide …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. ordered more than one million of Lucent’s Time Division Multiple Access digital cellular phones to be supplied during the next …

Digital TU-KA Chugoku Co. Ltd. launched commercial service in the Chugoku area of Japan, serving the capital city, major highways and the railway line. AirTouch Communications Inc. owns 4.5 percent …

NEW YORK-Group Communication Services, Canada’s second-largest specialized mobile radio operator, plans an initial public offering of common stock to help finance most of a major expansion project to deploy digital …

Telecom Finland has contracted with L.M. Ericsson to build a new DCS-1800 system and expand Telecom Finland’s existing Global System for Mobile communications network. Ericsson values the contract at $105 …

The Nokia Group is expanding an analog system in Indonesia, in the face of the deployment of digital systems by numerous other operators there. Earlier this year, Indonesia’s government gave …

It’s quicker to list which countries do not use FLEX than to name those that do. That’s how Larry Conlee, corporate vice president and director of worldwide markets, Motorola Inc.’s …

Paging operators have different ideas about what will be the killer application that attracts paging customers to two-way service. But they do agree about a few things: Paging customers want …

Paging operators have different ideas about what will be the killer application that attracts paging customers to two-way service. But they do agree about a few things: Paging customers want …

Another handset manufacturer saw its company stock drop then slowly rise again following the release of a quarterly report with stagnant earnings. It’s the continuation of a process that began …

Code Division Multiple Access has been touted as a success story in Seoul, South Korea and in Hong Kong. Many U.S. personal communications services licensees have based their access technology …

Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. announced it has granted a license to operate its wireless messaging system over 2 MHz in the 900 UHF to Eden, a fully owned subsidiary of …

ArrayComm Inc. announced it has closed a private equity placement totaling $12.3 million. The placement, which was oversubscribed, was managed by UBS Securities Inc. and Volpe, Welty & Co. ArrayComm …

Nokia profits down in first quarter A 62 percent decrease in operating profit reported by the Nokia Group has been attributed to Nokia Mobile Phones. The Finnish manufacturer’s handset division …

No big surprise, AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s cellular equipment vendors Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson were named suppliers for the company’s Time Division Multiple Access personal communications services networks, …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The national wireless alliance of AirTouch Cellular, Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp., U S West NewVector Group and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. announced they have signed a contract …

Millicom International Cellular S.A. signed a seven-year $200 million credit facility agreement arranged by ABN-AMRO Bank and ING Bank. Millicom said the facility will be used to refinance $125 million …

NEW YORK-With the advent of a personal communications services overlay onto the nation’s traditional cellular landscape, 1996 also will mark the debut of the dual-mode wireless phone as a consumer …

The fusion of wireless telecommunications and computer processing power into a device that fits your hand ought to be a slam-dunk proposition. It lets time-critical information go unobtrusively to where …

Three-sixty Communications Co., in its first earnings announcement as an independent company since its spinoff from Sprint Corp., reported a first quarter net income of $7 million, or 6 cents …

WASHINGTON-Interconnection with the local exchange carrier represents a significant expenditure for the wireless industry, nearly $936 million in 1995, according to a new study from MTA-EMCI Inc. In “Interconnection: Wireless …